Hi
Sorry to be thick but never used these. Could they turn something off as well as on. For instance if I am away for the weekend I like to leave a light on so it looks like someone is in the house. Could a light be plugged in to say come on at dusk and turn off at midnight. Is that the sort of thing they are used for?

Just food for thought, I saw a "new homes from hell" a couple of weeks back where one of these kinda timers had malfunctioned and burnt the house to the ground whilst the family were on holiday...They said they thought the biggest risk to their home was burglary, so had bought some of these to scare off the crooks. It was probably a one off - and (fingers crossed) hopefully wouldn't happen to anyone buying this unit - but it's just worth remembering that every bit of electrical equipment you introduce adds a little risk.

Oh, also, remember that electrical equipment, TVs, DVDs etc really don't take well to being repeatedly hard powered on and off...So be careful which items you plug in to these...

Hi
Sorry to be thick but never used these. Could they turn something off as well as on. For instance if I am away for the weekend I like to leave a light on so it looks like someone is in the house. Could a light be plugged in to say come on at dusk and turn off at midnight. Is that the sort of thing they are used for?

Thats exactly what it could be used for.
The 'energy saving timer plug' bit means you can leave something plugged in and on 24/7, but electricity will only reach the device between the timer on hours.

Hi
Sorry to be thick but never used these. Could they turn something off as well as on. For instance if I am away for the weekend I like to leave a light on so it looks like someone is in the house. Could a light be plugged in to say come on at dusk and turn off at midnight. Is that the sort of thing they are used for?

Thats exactly what it could be used for.
The 'energy saving timer plug' bit means you can leave something plugged in and on 24/7, but electricity will only reach the device between the timer on hours.

Thanks Rob1972. Will keep my eye out for one of these or something similar.